Lundh, Børge - Les Cachets »D ALLEMAGNE«, »HAMBOURG«, et »HAMBURG«Publisher: privately published, 1989.Large paperback, 140 pages, illustrated, text in French, with Summary in English, slight hint of spine-lean, minor dusty marks/foxing to upper edges, highlighting to text on some pages, a Good working copy.Scarce study of these postmarks, the post offices where they were applied and the postmark types.

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Connell, G.W. - The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the WorldPart 4 The Letter and Parcel Stamps of the Finnish Shipping CompaniesPublisher: Finnish Philatelic Federation, 1993.Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 174 pages, few very short tears to dustwrapper, else in Very Good condition.The fifth volume of this classic series of handbooks on the Private Ship Letter Stamps of the world. A beautifully produced book, superbly illustrated with black & white and colour plates.

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Boulad d'Humières, Jean and Ringström, S. and Tester, H.E. - The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the WorldPart 3 The Suez Canal CompanyPublisher: Leonard H. Hartmann, Louisville, 1985.Hardback, dutswrapper, illustrated, 285 pages, plus a plating quality enlargement of a full sheet of the 40c Saatjian private printing inserted at the end, some tiny short tears to the rear panel of the dustwrapper, slight dusty marks/foxing to dustwrapper and upper page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.The fourth volume of this classic series of handbooks on the Private Ship Letter Stamps of the world. A beautifully produced book, superbly illustrated with black & white photographic plates throughout and a souvenir miniature sheet of Forgery 20 tipped in. Every aspect of the stamps and their postal history is covered here, including a large section on the forgeries.

Britnor, L.E. - The History of the Sailing Packets to the West IndiesPublisher: British West Indies Study Circle, 1973.Hardback, illustrated, 172 pages, mild dusty marks/foxing to the page-edges, in Good condition.Excellent postal history study of the West Indies mail boats.

Lundh, Børge - European Letters to Finland 1819 to 1873Illustrating Postmarks, Post-Routes and RatesPublisher: Philatelic Federation of Finland, 1990.Limited edition of 300. Large paperback, illustrated, 229 pages + colour plates, text in English, obvious spine-lean, corners rubbed and creased, a Good working copy only.Nineteenth century covers to Finland and the many different postal markings applied en route. Illustrated with hundreds of covers from the author's collection. Scarce.

De Beer, W.S. Wolff - De Poststempels in Gebruik in Nederlands Oost-Indië 1789-1864Publisher: Van Dieten, Den Haag, 1971.Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 200 pages, text in Dutch, dustwrapper spine sunned and rubbed at top, short tear to dustwrapper, some dusty marks/foxing to page-edges, in Good condition.A comprehensive postal history handbook on the pre-adhesive period postal markings. Well illustrated in black & white.

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- Mediterranean and Atlantic Mailboat Covers and CancellationsPublisher: Spink, London, 2007.Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 44 pages, edges of front cover very slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition.Catalogue of mailboat covers and cancels (mainly on the stamps of Great Britain). Very well illustrated in colour.

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Tabeart, Colin - Admiralty Mediterranean Steam Packets 1830 to 1857Publisher: James Bendon, Limassol, 2002.First edition, hardback, illustrated, xvi + 278 pages, minor signs of use, some slight marks to the covers, pages fine, in Good condition.An important study of the Admiralty packet service from Falmouth to Malta, Corfu and Alexandria, which became an important part of the route to India five years before the P&O service to Egypt began. Out of print and scarce.

Ruggiero, Michael E. - United States and British Exchanges with Japan 1942-1943Publisher: International Society for Japanese Philately, USA, 2003.ISJP Monograph 14, paperback, illustrated, 62 pages, in Very Good condition.This monograph chronicles the fascinating, but relatively unknown story of exchanges of Prisoners of War and civilian detainees between Japan and the Allies during World War II. These exchanges were negotiated through neutral countries, and were undertaken by chartered ships at neutral ports such as Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, and Marmagao, Portuguese India.
Through painstaking research, the author, has uncovered revealing information about the largely unrecorded details of accompanying mail included in the exchanges. He illustrates several examples as well as copies of associated mail such as letters written on board ship and mailed at ports visited after the exchange, letters mailed from the neutral exchange ports, and airmail addressed to passengers sent to ports that their ships were scheduled to visit. Illustrated in black & white.